Nothing To Lose (Emblem3)

Chapter 14- Tragedy Strikes

-Torii's POV-

These past couple weeks have been hell. I go to school during the week but don't pay attention. I come home and sleep. My grades have dropped and I'm not even talking to my mother.

* 4 Days Ago*

"Victoria you have to stop." My mom said as she sat at the edge of my bed.

"Stop what? what exactly am I doing mother?" I asked uncovering my face.

"Moping around over a stupid guy. You had to have known that it wasn't going to last. He's a celebrity mama. I don't want to say 'i told you so' but-" as soon as she said that I sprang up into a sitting position.

"No you DO NOT get to say that. You didn't warn me about anything, you didn't say anything. You never do. You're always here at the end to say you expected it but you're never here in the beginning." I took a deep breath. "And I'm sorry that I'm upset and didn't expect this. I'm sorry that I actually believed for one second that someone could really care about me like that."

"You have everything Victoria what else do you want from me?" She yelled.

"I want a mother! I want someone who I could talk to and who will be here for me. Yeah sure you provide for me with materialistic stuff and a roof over my head but you don't act like you love me. You're hardly even here. When you're home, you're locked up in your room or you're out with your friends or even spending time with Erika. I mean would it kill you to spend a day with me?!"

My mom being the stubborn person she is, didn't respond well. She stood up, said "I guess all of this just isn't good enough for you", and walked out.

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I'm currently laying on my bed listening to music. It's basically all I've done since the day I found out about Wes cheating on me. I haven't even spoken to him. He's called and texted but I just keep ignoring him. It's kind of crazy how one moment, listening to Emblem3 brightens my whole day and makes me smile no matter what and now it just puts a huge storm cloud over my head. When I lists to their music right now I stop crying and hearing his voice just angers me. I hear a knock at the door but don't respond.

"Torii? I know you don't want to talk to me but I thought about what you said and I'm sorry. There's more to that apology but right now we have an even bigger problem." I turned to her and waited for her to continue. "You uncle just called me, we have to go to the hospital."

"Why what happened?" I was starting to freak out.

"Um it's Alexis."

"What about Alexis?!"

"She was in a car accident." Before any other words could leave her mouth I was up and putting my shoes on. I grabbed my phone, my charger, and my earphones then ran downstairs two and three at a time. I went out to my car and sped to the hospital. I was going dangerously over the speed limit but I reached my destination in about five minutes. So many things running through my mind that I can't even think straight. As I'm walking into the hospital I pull out my phone and dial Keaton's number.

'Come on pick uppp' I think to myself as it keeps ringing. He doesn't answer so I call him about. Three more times until I finally get an answer.

"Hello? Torii? What's up?"

I could barely get the words out to tell him what was going on.

"Torii calm down I can't understand you." I was now walking into the room and I just couldn't bear to look. She was laying there, eyes closed, head bandaged, leg in a cast and cuts and bruises all over. I just gasped.